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a tropical storm popped up overnight and threatening the fl florida panhandle. we have more from jacour meteorologist. >> this is a powerful, major storm or even a hurricane that we're dealing with. it has a lot of threats with it. heavy rainfall. flash flooding, isolated tornadoes arc long with wind gusts that could be strong enough to cause power outages, a very fast storm in terms of its development, because it's so close in proximity to land. only 43 miles away from appalachicola as we speak. here are the coordinates on the storm. maximum sustained winds at this time. 50 miles per hour and some additional strengthening can be expected here before landfall. landfall we think is just a couple of hours away already this could be happening as early as this evening we think, and then continuing as we head into

the overnight hours. for some reason my map doesn't want to advance. there we go. you can see showers and thundershowers, continuing to push into the panhandle and big bend area. we'll zoom in closer and expected to see the torrential downpours. the heaviest rainfall on the right side of the storm here. that's where you have the greatest potential for most of these threats. we could see locally heavier amounts around even 8 to 10 inches. that will be isolated. most of you will see the 3 to 5 inch range. the tropical storm force winds should be arriving in pretty short order. you can see some 12-mile-per-hour winds there, and 12 toward panama city beach. and 7 miles per hour, and we have seen estimated winds in this area between 15 and 20 miles per hour. watch for that to continue to increase over the next couple of hours. we will see some wave action

along with this. storm surge, maybe three feet or so above normal tide. we could see coastal flooding and beach erosion. tropical storm warnings in effect from the florida/alabama state line. and we're just a couple of hours from landfall with tropical storm claudette. two other storms to talk about. ana and bill out there. we'll fill you in on that when we see you again. >> looking forward to that. thanks, jacqui. and that. make or break health month. we're hearing a government alternative to private coverage might not be a make or break part of the white house's push. the head of the senate budget committee, democrat kent conrad says nonprofit insurance cooperatives might be a good alternative to compete with the insurance companies and the health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius is not pushing hard for the public

option. here is what she had to say on our program, cnn's state of the union. >> i think the president is just continuing to say let's not have this be the only focus of the conversation. coverage for all americans, lowering the crushing cost for everyone, making sure that we have new rules for insurance companies. that they can't dump people out of the marketplace if they get sick, that they can't dump your coverage, that you can't be priced out because you're a woman instead of a man and gender discrimination won't be allowed to continue. those are essential parts of newt program arc long with choice and competition. >> let me say, the public option is not a deal breaker from the president's stand point? >> i think there will be a competitor to private insurers. that's the essential part. you don't turn over the whole new market place to private insurance companies and trust them to do the right thing.

we need some choices, we need some competition. >> secretary sebelius this morning. and if the public option is off the table, could that change the debate? let's discuss that. as you listen to what the secretary is saying this morning, what president obama said yesterday, in the town hall far u forum. it sounds like the administration is backing off the public option, ever so slightly. >> it does sound that way. what secretary sebelius says pretty much does line up from what we heard from president obama at the town hall meeting in colorado. the president basically acknowledged that a final deal would not necessarily include a public option. and the president, again, saying this in grand junction, colorado, at that ton hawn hall. >> the public option, whether we have it or don't have it, is no the entirety of health care

reform this is just one sliver of it, one aspect of it. and by the way, it's both the right and left that have become so fixated on this, they forget everything else. >> so the president there suggesting it is possible that a fi final deal might not include the public option, but also suggesting it is not necessary ail make or break point. >> the senate budget committee has talked about a health insurance cooperative or co-op what is that? and how does the administration feel about that concept? >> that's right. the white house is basically cautiously signalled that it is open to this idea of health co-ops this is something that is gaining traction on the senate side. kent conrad envisions it this way. these co-ops would get federal startup money, not all of it but some of it. they would be run by their members, not the government. so we're not talking about government controlled entities here.

also, co-ops would compete with for-profit insurers, and for all of those reasons this idea is going to appeal to people on both sides of the debate. melissa. >> from the capital, thank you. competition in health insurance sparked a healthy debate between the president and a college student at a town hall in colorado yesterday. president obama also addressing the notion of the so-called death panels. with more, here is white house correspondent ed henry. >> reporter: family time at yellowstone national park. the first family expressing joy at the sight of old faithful. >> yay! >> but a sharply different emotion from the president at a health care event in colorado. for the first time, he evoked the death of his own grandmother to slam conservatives like sarah palin who accuse him of promoting ueuthanasia. >> i just lost my grandmother last year. i know what it's like to lose

somebody you love who is aging, watch them deteriorate. so the notion that i somehow ran for public office or members of congress are in this so they can go around pulling the plug on grandma? when you start making arguments like that, that's simply dishonest. >> reporter: the only really pointed exchange? >> i would love to have a debate, just all-out, any time -- >> reporter: college student zach lane questioning whether a public option would wipe out insurance companies. >> how in the world can a private corporation providing insurance compete with an entity that does not have to worry about making a profit, doesn't have to pay local property taxes. they don't have to -- they are not subject to local regulations. how can a company compete with that? >> it's good to see a young person who is very engaged and confident challenging the

president to an oxford-style debate. i think this is good. you know, this is good. i like that. you have to have a little chutzpah. >> reporter: the president says the details are not final. but broadly speaking, the charges are not true. >> you have a lot of private companies who do very well competing against the government. ups and fedex are doing a lot better than the post office. >> reporter: in a sign of just how engaged the public is right now, lane told me he drove four hours to get here. he expressed disappointment the president did not have more details, but was satisfied in one way. >> i learned that these town halls are genuine, and that's something i was very happy with. >> reporter: really? >> i was very concerned, talking to my friends, and i was afraid the people who would be called on for questions would be plants. i'm not saying none of them were. if he knew of my question, he might not have wanted to call on

me. he called on me not knowing anything about me and i do respect that. >> reporter: the first tour of national parks continues on sunday at the grand canyon in arizona, and then he heads to phoenix for the dfw annual convention before heading to washington as his fight for kaelt health care reform reaches a critical stage. ed henry, cnn, colorado. on tuesday, there are talks scheduled with egyptian president, hosni mubarak, and they are expected to discuss restarting the middle east process. and on wednesday, the president honors jimmie johnson at the white house. just a couple of events we wanted to highlight you, coming up this week in washington. firefighters busy battling about a dozen wildfires burning across california. governor schwarzenegger is urging residents to heed the

mandatory evacuation orders. the largest fire burning in the santa cruz mountains. and another fire is blamed on drug traffickers. the flames were sparked by a cooking fire at an inlegal marijuana camp. sugge suspects still on the lose today. and there is anger in taiwan. is the relief too little too late? why the country's president is in the hot seat for his response to this disaster. ♪

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good afternoon. good morning, depending where are you watching right now. it's sunday afternoon. the taliban is now threatening to attack polling stations in southern afghanistan when voters are going to the polls thursday for a presidential election. today's warning coincides with a rocket attack which wounded two children in southern kandahar. no one has claimed responsibility and this follows a car bombing in kabul that killed seven. the taliban is claiming responsibility for that attack. programming note, watch "generation islam" tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern, only on cnn. new in iran today. another mass trial of people detained in the aftermath of the country's disputed presidential election. this, in fact, the third round of the mass trials. among the defendants today, an

iranian/canadian reporter for "newsweek" magazine. reporters for the british and french embassies. among more than 1,000 people arrested following the disputed presidential election back in june. also from iran. an unexpected move by president mahmoud ahmadinejad. appointing three women, three women, to his cabinet. unprecedented number for the islamic republic. he's naming a 50-year-old gynecologist as health minister. a lawmaker as minister of social security and a third woman will be appointed soon. he didn't say whom or which position. from kuwait. fire erupted during a wedding celebration, killing 41 women and children. happened in a tribal area west of kuwait city yesterday. it only took three minutes for the fire to consume the wedding tent. at least 76 others injured, some of them seriously.

officials say faulty electirica wiring may have sparked that fire. taiwan's typhoon disaster is shifting into a political one. the country's president is accepting blame for the slow responsibility to help all of the survivors. the u.s. is sending food and portable shut errs and other aid in the meantime. john voss is monstering the rescue and other political fallout. the military helicopters are bringing in the last of the stranded villagers to some of their relatives and friends who have been waiting today, there is relief. for others, there is the anguish of not knowing. help us, please save my children. i've been waiting four days already says this woman. at & at times, anger, especially as local officials. they said it was safe and we didn't need to evacuate. no there's not even a road to get back, he says. and the man who is the focus of much of the national blame is

the president. often confronted by angry survivors as he toured the disaster zone. how do you respond to people who blame and you your government? saying the response is far too slow and when it did get under way, it was not enough. >> i had take full responsibility, whatever the blame is. after all, i'm the president of this country. >> reporter: but the president says the slow start was because of bad weather. heavy rain left planes grounded. >> one day is good. on the 1 49 of august we were able to evacuate 2,518 people. that's a record. >> reporter: there was outrage when he blamed local officials. >> they are not fully prepared. >> reporter: and now he's apologizing, promising to do better. comforting the grieving. he opened the weekend baseball game, he was booed and jeered. protesters demanded his

resignation. >> we plan not only to correct the mistakes, but also try to punish the people who are responsible. >> reporter: as the rescue operations slowly wind down, the focus will soon shift to rebuilding lives and community. taiwan's embattled president said simply repairing all of the damage for the typhoon mara could take up to a year. cnn, taiwan. the atlantic hurricane season has been called up until now. we have tropical storm claudette turning toward the plea panhandle this could bring rain to central florida. i guess it's anybody from tampa to panama city that could be affected later today? >> yeah, most of florida actually being impacted by the storm. you take a look at the satellite pictures, you can really see where the flareups are. it's really even south of tampa.

far south as the naples area and you can see it impacting much of the big bend and panhandle areas and we have been getting much of the rain pushing into the area. we could see a good three to five inches of rainfall. this could put in flash flooding across the area and locally heavier amounts. the storm is already very close to the coastline. we're talking about 40 miles away from appalachicola. we're only two hours away, plus from landfall, depending if it stays consistent with its forward speed. we think we'll see that late this afternoon or early this evening. by the time you wake up early tomorrow morning, right there already into parts of alabama. the threat will continue with heavy rain, coastal flooding and isolated tornadoes will be a possibility. we have more than just claudette to deal with. two other storms we're talking about. tropical storm ana, and tropical storm bill.

ana has weakened significantly and barely even a tropical storm. winds 40 miles per hour this will be a big rainmaker as it moves across puerto rico. have you tropical storm warnings in effect for you. and into the greater antilles. and this thing could fall apart altogether today. wouldn't that be great news? and last but not least, we have tropical storm bill. bill is one that we're much more concerned about in terms of intensity. this has the potential to become not only the first hurricane of the season, but maybe even the first major hurricane of the season. still too early to tell what kind, if any, impact it will have on the united states coastline. everybody on the east coast needs to be watching bill very closely. if you look at the time line, you can see where we're expected to be by friday. we're talking next weekend or early the following weekend. >> that long of a system to track. i started by saying the atlantic hurricane season has been relatively calm until now. this is when we start to see the

situation ramp up. this time of year, august 16th. >> mid august to mid october are the peak times. the last couple of seasons have been so busy. a lot of active storms in june and july it feels a little unusual to see this happen in august. we've had storms develop as late as the end of the month. so a little late, but -- >> thank you so much. also, a gesture perhaps to build upon? that's what a u.s. senator is calling myanmar's release of an american-held prison. ( siren blaring )

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could the release of an american from a prison in myanmar signal a thaw in u.s. relations with that country accused of human rights violations? some are hopeful. >> reporter: it was a mission to free an imprisoned american, but also an attempt to kick start u.s./myanmar relations. senator jim webb made the top general and also was granted rare access to detained

pro-democracy leader, something that not even u.n. chief moon received. john yettaw's actions were regrettable, but they stressed that yettaw is ill of and troubled mind. >> they honored my question to come back here to thailand with me. the most parent of this i believe was this was a gesture from the government of myanmar that we should be grateful for and hopefully build upon. >> reporter: until now, myanmar has been isolated and virtually cut off from the world. sanctions were imposed after the army refused to let the

opposition party take control when it won the election. they have been consistently asking for tougher sanctions until democracy is restored. they want to help the impoverished people of myanmar. >> what we want is good relations, to work toward good relations as long as certain guarantees are met. the last administration was not of that mind-set, whether it was myanmar or other places. >> reporter: china and russia continue to trade with myanmar, despite sanctions by the eu and u.s. the u.s. policy is being reviewed. senator web was not in myanmar in an official state department visit, but rather as an independent senator, he clearly has the ear of secretary of state hillary clinton, reporting directly to her on his rare encounter with myanmar's generals. cnn, bangkok.

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taiwan's president said the death toll could soar in coming days, and today the president apologized for the government's slow response to this disaster. no support for the president's health care reform plan at a weekend event in atlanta it seems the heat couldn't keep opponents out of centennial olympic park. the conservative group that organized this rally. speakers were dick arme and conservative radio talk show hosts. but some people said this debate is more than just republican versus democrat. >> it started all of the bailout money. ith just --ith just ballooned from there. they keep spending money and spending money and spending money. it's going to come to an end. the best thing to do is to nip it right now and let's go back to the constitution and let's

think america first. >> so you said it started with the bailout money. for you, it's not bipartisan. because that's introduced by the bush administration. >> it's not partisan, no. >> i didn't know that i agreed with bush on all of the bailouts. >> that's what capitalism all is all about let's let the free market take care of it. if we keep bailing out, where does it end? it just keeps going on and on. >> and most americans are trying to watch these health care town halls forums and rallies, even if they aren't able to attend in person. we check out some of the latest polls. >> we've seen a lot of coverage of protests at the town halls across the country and the big question is are americans paying attention? take a look at these numbers from gallup. you can see right here, nearly 7 in 10 people according to the

gallup/"usa today" poll say they are following them very closely. 69%. and 18% are following not very closely and 13% not at all. the next question, are protests having any affect on the vast number of americans. more numbers from the same survey. 34% of the respondents, say the views profit testers and a lot of these demonstrators are against the president, 34% say they are more sympathetic to those views now. 21%, 1-5, say they are less sympathetic, and the bottom. 36% say they demonstrations are making no difference on their opinion when it comes to health care. another question, what about the president's poll numbers? are the protests having any impact? not so much. two polls this weekend show the president in the mid 50s with the approval rating.

and specifically that health care seems americans continue to be split on how president obama is handling health care. the same way before the town hall started. two weeks into a five-week recess, we'll keep an eye on these town halls. we'll see if there are month protests and polls later this month. melissa. and our political director, thank you. a wisconsin mayor is being hailed a hero. he came to the aid of a woman being attacked near a state fair. police say the mayor of milwaukee, tom baird and his family, were leaving the fair when they heard a woman crying out for someone to dial 911. as baird started dialing the number, a man accused of attacking the woman turned toward the mayor with a metal pipe and started hitting him. barrett is in the hospital in stable condition. a massive search for a missing georgia woman has turned up her cell phone, but nothing else. she disappeared on tuesday while talking with her boyfriend on

the phone. authorities believe she has been abdu abducted. a man found the phone late friday about 3 1/2 miles from where she was last seen. five african-american women in the same town, with similar lives and similar deaths. possibly with something else in common. they may all be the victims of the same killer. david mattingingly takes us to a lonesome road that might be the haunt of a serial killer this is a story you will only see here on cnn. >> reporter: if someone were looking for a place to get away with murder in north carolina, edgecomb county's seven bridges road might be the place to go. >> nothing. nothing but trees and pastures. >> since 2005, the remains of five women, all african-american and suspected prostitutes have been found here among miles of woods and crops. there are any number of polices you can pull off. like this spot right here, you

can just drive off and disappear into the woods in a matter of seconds. sadly, that's what's happened to these women. disappear, never to be seen again is this the work of a serial killer? >> yes, i believe it is. the fact that the bodies are found close together really would argue for a serial killer. >> reporter: michael teid believes the killer is someone who could have a lot in common with the victims. >> their economic level, background, race. i think it's a person that would fit easily within the environment. >> reporter: all victims were last seen in the town of rocky mount. we went to where they came from. an area where prostitutes work neighborhood streets. >> typically, this is the area. >> reporter: but we found the streets deserted. cleared by fear. prostitutes are easy targets for killers living fragile lives. still councilman andre knight says it shouldn't have taken years for the town to take

notice. is it just a matter of race, or is it possible because of what they do for a living? >> i think it's a combination of both. because even what a person does, they still have human rights. >> reporter: a churning point in public awareness and the investigation itself was the fifth victim. charnise hargrove, known to her friends as sunshine. they publicly demanded justice. local authorities asked the fbi to assist. like the other victims, she disappeared from rocky mount. her body was found in june off seven bridges road. from the streets of rocky mount, it's only about a 15-minute drive to get to places like this. for all practical purposes, it's the middle of nowhere, and this is where investigators say the victims are being killed. they won't give us a lot of detail about what they are finding, but they tell us that two of the victims were strangled. one was stabbed and beaten. three other rocky mount women

who pris solice say are not prostitutes are also missing. the sheriff calls this a critical time in the investigation, leading many to hope the lonely country road will soon lead to a killer. >> that was cnn's david mattingly with the exclusive story. a group of community organizers hope that national attention will help get a breck in the case. new developments this hour about a story we were talking about yesterday at this time. the looming transit workers strike in the san francisco bay area. representatives of the bay air rapid transit is trying to hammer out a new contract if they don't get one, b.a.r.t. operators are threatening to go on strike tomorrow morning. they say new working terms amount to a pay cut. some 340,000 riders rely on b.a.r.t. every day. busy day in the weather

department. tropical storm claudette turning toward the florida panhandle. this evening it could bring significant amounts of rain and two other storms we're keeping ab eye on. ana and bill. ana isn't causing as much worry as even a day ago. >> it could always regenerate. it's done that once. immediate concern is tropical storm claudette because of the proximity to the coast and we're looking at landfall with this thing in a couple of hours away this could happen as early as 4:00. maximum sustained winds right now are at 50 miles per hour and we're seeing gusts stronger than that, and we'll feel the tropical storm force winds coming in shortly. and you can see the heavy bands of rainfall moving in. we could see isolated tornadoes along with flash flooding. 3 to 5 inches of rainfall can be expected with claudette, and we'll watch this move inland then. overnight tonight through the day tomorrow.

by the time you wake up, it will already be in alabama, but we'll feel some of the impacts. it just won't be as strong in terms of windful. as for ana and bill as well. ana has been weakening significantly. you can see a little disorganized storm and here is bill and bill we're a lot more concerned about, because it has the potential of becoming a stronger storm. like aly a hurricane. possibly even a major hurricane. but best forecast track brings it away from land for a couple of days, so it's not threatening anybody and also gives it time to strengthen. back at home for today, in terms of shower and thunderstorms, we have a nasty line of storms, just west of chicago, north of the st. louis area, and back south of kansas city. we could see damaging wins as well as large hail associated with these thunderstorms. the rest of the country overall,

melis melissa, relatively quiet. temperatures warming a bit over the next couple of days in california. very hot and dry conditions. winds a little bit calmer. we're looking at 10 to 15 miles an hour. >> they need the rain east of kansas city. >> not out west. >> thank you very much. her lips smiling now. brilliant smile, in fact. and hugs and tears there. tears of joy. a canadian woman is finally home after being stranded in kenya for three months. the lips in her passport photo got her into trouble. %%%%%%

a canadian woman is glad to be back at home. they was stranded in kenya for three months. her ordeal started when her passport was avoided and she was accused of fraud. the reason they said, her lips didn't match her 4-year-old passport photo. >> reporter: she arrived to a hero's welcome. cheering supporters can and a crush of cameras. but her only thought was finding

her son. >> welcome, welcome, welcome! >> i am very happy to be home. i'm glad my nightmare is over. >> reporter: the nightmare was three grueling months she spent detained in kenya. part of the in jail, her canadian passport seized, am imposter according to her own country. she said her lips did not match her 4-year-old passport photo she was stripped of of her travel documents and turned over to kenyan authorities for prosecution. >> she is canadian. she is both canadian from day one. she feels canadian now. >> reporter: she never waivered, providing documents and fingerprints. it took a dna sample to prove her identity and get her on a plane. now that muhamad arrived home, canadian/muslim groups are

asking for immediate disciplinary action against those who branded her a fraud. >> if she was a white canadian named jane doe, would you not have gone after her the way this lady, lillian, did. >> lillian decided the woman was lying about her identity. she alone is not to blame. the problem is systemic. >> in the end, the buck stops at the minister's office. >> reporter: the prime minister wants a full accounting for what happened. in the meantime there, is talk of lawsuits. but for muhamad, that's for another day all she wants now is to feel her son's embrace. it's a make or break month when it comes to health care reform, lawmakers meeting with constituents across the country. are there any point in which democrats and republican as

free? there are. josh levs will walk us through them.

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health care reform. but are there actually points of agreement. our josh levs talked with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to find out. >> we have been hearing this t cacophony of disagreement. we want to focus on where many agree across the aisle on health care. we have two lawmakers joining us from the same state. representative marsha blackburn and representative steve cohen from tennessee. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> you're very welcome. >> there are some places where there is a lot of agreement. and to representative blackburn, to you first, do you believe there should be government subsidies to help low-income americans buy health insurance? >> i think there is a way that government subsidies can be done. many of us have looked for ways to voucher people into a private system. >> representative cohen, what about you?

do you see government subsidies? >> uneconomiably. we do that with medicaid. a great program started in 1965. medicare and medicaid, great programs. referred to as socialism at the time. as american as apple pie today. >> lawmakers across the board want to see increased competition, including something like a marketplace in which people would be able to compare and contrast different insurance plans. is that a principle you both want to see? >> there is a concept that newt gingrich has pushed forward with aconcept, where you could compare what is offered in insurance plans. that greater transparency will help lead to greater competition, and that is something that is badly needed in the health insurance market. >> are you pretty close on that one? >> the exchange would be an opportunity at a national level for people to compare the

different insurance policies offered. and the public plan would keep them honest. >> i think you both agree with this. preventing insurance companies from refusing to cover repreexisting conditions. >> for those who have preexisting conditions, as they go into the market, there needs to be some kind of risk pooling that they can move into for a period of time with those preexisting conditions. >> agree with congressman blackburn, but if she said for a while, they go into a pool. preexisting conditions are generally with you until your death, and people, it's going to cost more to have people in insurance pools with preexisting conditions and that will cost some money, whatever it is. and if it's in the private sector, there's there needs to be countervailing forces. >> how far apart honestly, do you think your parties really are in commoning to a resolution? >> probably as far apart as the

two sides of the grand canyon. >> i think what we have is not so much a partisan divide as it is a philosophical divide. >> look, i tell you. we all obviously hope if you're on opposite sides of grand canyon, these places can start to serve as a bridge where you agree. a lot of people counting on that happening. thank you so much. very good have you with us. >> very go ahead. >> always nice to be with congressman blackburn. >> if you want more information on the health care debate, check out our special health care in america website. you will get the latest from the ton hall debates. fact checks, i-report and read the bill. they are lengthy. over 1,000 pages. how many chances of a lifetime do you get in your lifetime? that's deep. thousands of people in atlanta, myself included, had one of those chances last night.

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♪ this is about as close to the real beatles manna that many of us post-baby boomers will ever get. we had a chance to see paul mccartney as he played atlanta. played 2 1/2 hours, two encores included and a bunch of beatles classics, wings stuff, solo stuff. music from his new album on 490th anniversary of woodstock and a little jimi hendrix for the crowd. rain, it was overwhelming, but it didn't slow paul mccartney down or the crowd. it was a benefit for the piedmont parks conservancy. tweeting, texting, posting messages. for millions, it is now a daily routine. but some psychologies say the routine is unhealthy.

>> come here. >> tara michael is part of a growing trend. new moms tweeting their way through labor, sending out word of every contraction, every -- oh, god! >> my husband was laughing at me, because i would wait over and say give me my iphone. i have to tweet or post a facebook status. >> and she wasn't tweeting just to loved ones to hundreds of people who paid attention to tweets like on my way to the hospital. if they even try to send me back home i just may punch them in the throat. and six centimeters with complications. c-specks bound. she's not the only woman sharing off the births process. there are women giving birth to their babies. some with dolphins. just saying. have we crossed the line? are we too wired? >> well, there was a very famous supreme court decision that says i know it when i see it about

pornography. i think we will collectively rise up and say enough is enough. >> reporter: john able who writes for "wired" magazine says that hasn't happened yet. some things, lying childbirth, ought to be sacred. psychologists jeff gardier argues we share too much on line. facebook can become a marriage buster, because couples share personal information with virtual friends instead of each other. >> the internet, if you will, becomes an escape hatch where they don't have to be intimate with one another. it's easier to be intimate with the world, but it's not real. ith veit's very superficial. >> carmichael disagrees. she said it